Third of Female Lawyers Have Been Sexually Harassed, Report Finds

Since the #MeToo movement kicked off two years ago, law firms have been hired to advise corporations on how to handle harassment allegations. IBA president Horacio Bernardes Neto said attorneys needed to get their own hiring and workplace behavior in order because of the risk being called out for hypocrisy. “These are shocking numbers,” said Christina Blacklaws, president of the Law Society, which represents attorneys in England and Wales.